Improvement in cases for umbrellas



UNITED STATES PATENT Orr'rcn.

SHADRACH H. PEARCE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT lN CASES FOR UMBRELLAS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 73,378, dated January14, 1868.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SHADRACH H. PEARCE, ofBoston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain Improvements in the Manufacture of Cases for'Umbrellas, &c., of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, makingpart of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a plan, representingthe shape of a strip of cloth previous to being folded to form anumbrellacase. Fig. 2 is a plan of the strip with the upper edge turneddown. Fig. 3 is a perspective view, showingthe means I employ forfolding the strip preparatory to uniting its sides. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal section through the center of the finished case; Figs. 5and 6, details, to be referred to.

In the method ordinarily employed in the manufacture of cases forumbrellas, &c., the two longitudinal side edges are sewed together, andthe upper edge is turned over and sewed, while the lower edge is broughtaround a thimble and tied thereto, and the case is then turned insideout.

When the case is made of a glazed or japannedmaterialitisalwaysmoreorless cracked or injured by the operation ofturning, and the glazing is somewhat defaced and removed by drawing theneedle and thread through it, and the lower edge of the case, whensecured to the thimble in the manner above described, does not present asmooth and finished appearance, as the lower or outer flange exposes asharp edge.

To remedy the above-mentioned objections and to avoid the labor andexpense of sewing the case is the object of my invention, which consistsin uniting by paste, cement, &c., the parts, instead of sewing themtogether, and also in spreading and flattening the outer flange of thethimble smoothly down upon the inner flange, so as to securely hold andcover over the lower edge of the strip of material of which the case iscomposed.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention,Iwill proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

The japanned, glazed, or other suitable material from which the case isto be made being spread out, a pattern is laid thereon and a strip, A,cut out of the form seen in Fig. 1, a

slit being cut by the knife from a to b, and an angular piece cut outfrom the space 0 d c, the slit being prevented from extending by a stayor gusset, f, of a thin material, cemented at b. Any suitable paste oradhesive substance is now laid on the strip along the edge, about as farback as shown by the red lines 0900, and the upper edge from a to g isturned over and stuck down, as shown in Fig. 2. The strip A is nowcarried to a bench provided With two inclined guides, h h, and is placedunder a former, B, of corresponding inclination, the parts being in theposition shown in Fig. 3. The portion 7 is now drawn down upon theformer B, and the portion 8 with its pasted edge pressed over upon it,after which the projecting piece or flap 9 is turned inside, and thebinding, as well as the union, of the longitudinal sides is completed.The lower edge of the strip A'is next fitted around a metal thimble, C,Fig. 5, and secured within the concave space formed by its flanges bymeans of a string or cord, when the case is dropped over a post orstandard, the top of which is provided with a shoulder for the receptionof the inner flange of the thimble. A blow being then applied to thesurface of the outer flange it is flattened down, so as to bind thelower edge of the strip still more firmly in place, the spreading of theouter flange by this operation serving to cover over its edge andproducing a neat and finished appearance. (See Fig. 6.)

A case for an umbrella or other article requiring one may be made inmuch less time and can be furnished at a less cost, and is also moreserviceable, than one of the same material when made in the ordinaryWay.

It is obvious that, in lieu of theenamel, I may prepare the cloth byglazing, japanning, or waterproofing the same without departing from theprinciple of the invention.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, asa new article of manufacture, is-- An umbrella-case composed of enameledcloth, the parts of which aresecured together by cement, substantiallyas described.

SHADRACH H. PEARCE.

Witnesses:

P. E. TESOHEMAGHER, N. W. STEARNS.

